Intellectually Gifted KATRINE LIESL PHILIP HARRY How can

Intellectually Gifted KATRINE, LIESL, PHILIP, HARRY

How can we help? • Accept them and get rid of stereotypes and prejudice by involving them in every day school and social life • Be open minded • Don’t just use them for their intelligence but take interest in their personality

How schools can help? • Make links with universities and sports groups etc. • Inform students in class and assemblies • Teachers can help by giving them extra work to push them and to prevent boredom They have to be able to realise their potential

Dos and Don’ts

Dos • Make a centre where everyone who is interested is welcome • Competitions so that… they can feel like they are achieving something • Everyone should be able to join to avoid jealousy and bullying

Don’ts • Teachers can’t decide who can go and who can’t • They should not be seperated from their normal classes so as to avoid social issues You mustn’t make them feel like freaks or aliens

If Other Students Know Advantages Disadvantages • Removes prejudices • Bullying • Others can learn from • Jealousy or them annoyance • The other students become more open minded

Point Of View From A Highly Gifted Child

Should Teachers Be Informed YES!! • It can’t really be hidden • They can then get work from other sources for the highly gifted

How To Inform Other Students • It should come from ourselves • This shows that we’re not ashamed but open minded • It also shows that we care about social life not just work • We don’t want to be put in a box We’re all in this together

Supporting Measures • Stimulating – important to be interested in the work you are doing • Add classes if we want to Let us work on our own sometimes so that we can explore new material